Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Pot and cover

Pot, soft-paste porcelain, swelling form with short cylindrical foot-rim and bulbous body sloping inwards at the shoulder before flaring slightly to the lip-rim, round domed cover with to the top a finial modelled in the form of a piece of fruit with a stem and leaves whihc have now partially broken off; finely painted in puce monochrome with around the exterior body of the pot and the sides of the cover sprays and sprigs of naturalistic flowers including several roses, a very worn brown edge to the lip-rim of the pot, the fruit finial picked out in puce. The lip-rim of the pot chipped with a crack to one side of the body, the rim of the cover slightly chipped.

(We are not able to provide an image for this item at this time. This is either due to copyright restrictions, or because the item is awaiting digitisation. We apologise for any inconvenience.)

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35888

Creation/Production

Role: Production
Role: Factory
Place: Chantilly, France
Period: 1750-1765

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918

Measurements

Height (cm): 13.5
diam (cm): 10.8
Height (in): 5
diam (in): 4

Techniques

Wheel-thrown
Forming
Applied Art
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Assembled
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art

Material

Soft-paste porcelain
Enamel
Glaze

Location

In store
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.